Unit 1 & 2 outline

Question 1

Paleolithic Era

Answer 1

Refers to “Old Stone Age” when people hunted or gathered.

Question 2

Archaeology

Answer 2

The study of artifacts through exaction of sites

Question 3

Stone Age

Answer 3

A time when tools & weapons were made out of stone.

Question 4

Nomad

Answer 4

A person with no home, moves a lot from place to place.

Question 5

Domesticate

Answer 5

Process of taming animals + plants to fulfill human needs.

Question 6

Ice Age

Answer 6

Time when most of the earth was frozen.

Question 7

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 7

A person that hunts food for everyone else.

Question 8

Prehistory

Answer 8

History that has no written records.

Question 9

Neolithic Era

Answer 9

The New Stone Age.`

Question 10

Artifact

Answer 10

A ancient object

Question 11

Why is it difficult for historians to know exact facts and dates about prehistory?

Answer 11

There were no written records.

Question 12

What are some artifacts of the earliest humans?

Answer 12

Stone tools and cave paintings.

Question 13

The oldest human skeletons ever discovered indicate that humans originally came from where?

Answer 13

Africa.

Question 14

All human beings that are alive today are part of which human group?

Answer 14

Homo Sapiens.

Question 15

What can we learn about early humans from their cave paintings?

Answer 15

How they hunted and how they lived.

Question 16

How did people in early times (the Paleolithic Era) get their food?

Answer 16

Hunted and gathered.

Question 17

Why did many early humans eventually stop living as hunter-gatherers?

Answer 17

They started growing and farming there own crops.

Question 18

Which location would have provided early humans with the best chance of survival?

Answer 18

Live near river/water.

Question 18

What does BC mean?

Answer 18

Before Christ

Question 19

What does BCE mean?

Answer 19

Before Common Era

Question 19

What does CE mean?

Answer 19

Common Era

Question 19

What does AD mean?

Answer 19

Anno Domini

Question 20

Two animals that early humans hunted.

Answer 20

Elk and Deer

Question 21

Two tools that helped early humans survive?

Answer 21

Axes and Daggers

Question 22

What does it mean to be Nomadic?

Answer 22

A person who moves place to place.

Question 23

How did the discovery of fire help early humans survive?

Answer 23

Kept them warm, helped them see in the dark, helped cook food, and scared off animals.

Question 24

Describe some characteristics of the Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age)

Answer 24

Used stone tools and fire.

Question 25

Describe some characteristics of the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age)

Answer 25

No longer depending on hunting and foraging.

Question 26

What was the Agricultural Revolution and why was it important?

Answer 26

It grew the population

Question 27

What was the name of the early human iceman found in the Alps in 1991?

Answer 27

Ice man mummy, Otzi

Question 28

Why was this Iceman such an important discovery for the world?

Answer 28

No one had knowledge about the late Neolithic people.